All the police stations in the city are ready to beat the summer through their care for birds and animals. A total of 100 pots have been distributed to the stations which would be placed on their premises with water to the brim.
The cement pots were distributed to the stations under the ‘Water Bowl Challenge 2023’, an initiative by the People for Cattle in India (PFCI). Police Commissioner V. Balakrishnan launched the initiative here on Tuesday and distributed pots to police personnel.
According to the PFCI, the Water Bowl Challenge 2023 kick-started in Chennai, on March 11. The initiative was extended to Coimbatore, Salem, Erode and Tiruppur in partnership with the Nature and Animal Conservancy on March 14.
The initiative was aimed at providing water to community animals and birds that do not have access to fresh drinking water. The pots provided under the Water Bowl Challenge are expected to keep animals and birds hydrated during the summer.
According to the PFCI, it has been organising the Water Bowl Challenge since 2014. The organisation kept more than 1,500 pots in 2021 and another 2,000 pots in 2022. This year, PFCI aimed to distribute 4,000 bowls.
People who wish to get bowls from PFCI can register at https://tinyurl.com/PFCI-WaterBowl-2023.
